Ghana faces challenges as Mahama takes office
Ghana recently completed a three-step, domestic, bilateral, and commercial, debt restructuring process, which began in December 2022...
Category : Economy
Transforming Lagos slums: Battling poverty head-on
The researchers identified significant disparities in poverty, as measured by a multidimensional score, among slums in Lagos State...
Volatile Middle East ripple through global markets
The global inflationary impact of a Middle East conflict extends beyond energy prices...
Living on pennies: The plight of elderly Cubans
The six-decade American embargo on Cuba, the communist state's ailing central planning, and the island nation's inability to recover from the pandemic are all responsible for the collapse of its economy...
Recession signs: Are they just false alarms?
The Federal Reserve has historically lowered the Fed funds rate to near zero to inject easy money into the economy during recessions...
Cameroon’s post-Biya future: Hope or chaos?
France is Cameroon's leading trade partner, with trade between the two countries amounting to over 1.3 billion euros annually, according to France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
US polls countdown: Jobs report anxiety rises
August saw a decrease in the unemployment rate from 4.3% to 4.2% as employers added 142,000 jobs, which was less than anticipated...
Will Dissanayake pull Sri Lanka out of the abyss?
Sri Lanka's economy is expected to grow 3% in 2024, reversing 2023's contraction, while inflation, which peaked at 70% in September 2022, moderated to 0.5% in August this year...
Rising costs squeeze German businesses hard
Since 2015, China has been Germany's most significant trading partner, and in 2022, trade between the two reached a record high...
Bangladesh’s political reset faces economic hurdles
Bangladesh's economy is in terrible shape, with foreign reserves fast depleting, prices skyrocketing, the banking system in disarray, and most economic activity coming to a complete halt...